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1ST MERROW SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST MERROW BOY SCOUT GROUP

The objectives of the group are as a unit of the Scout Association.The Aim of The Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local national and international communities.

Objects

1ST MERROW BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: MERROW

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£50k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £16,553 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £239,512, which is significantly above the stated policy target of approximately £25,000. The charity holds all funds in cash with no long-term investments.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The Group is primarily reliant upon income from subscriptions and fundraising.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: nine months of running costs (held: £240k)
“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 9 months running costs, circa £25,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£66k£50k
31/03/2024£46k£47k
31/03/2023£53k£47k
31/03/2022£55k£29k
31/03/2021£55k£21k

Common questions

Is 1ST MERROW SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £16,553 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £239,512, which is significantly above the stated policy target of approximately £25,000. The charity holds all funds in cash with no long-term investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST MERROW SCOUT GROUP£66k—0above—no doubt
1ST MOLESEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025£26k—0above119.8%no doubt
2ND MARLBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP FY2025£83k—0above—no doubt
1ST ASHTON (LORD GERARD'S OWN) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£97k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST METHERINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.